| “ | Don't take the loss too hard. You never belonged here anyway. | „ |
| ~ Johnny to Mike before the final round of the Scare Games. |
| “ | You can't escape who you are, so just embrace it. | „ |
| ~ Johnny's sinister catchphrase to Tylor. |
| “ | The other power companies may tinker with new ideas, but you can't reliably power homes with good intentions. While laugh power has its merits, it's not who we are. It's a monster's nature to be scary. Fear, it's our tradition, but it's also human children's. We may rely on their screams to power our city, but human children need us to be terrifying. They tell stories about us at sleepovers and around campfires. We have a responsibility to keep kids scared, and I take that responsibility very seriously, as did my father before me. Fear Co. will continue that proud tradition, because fear is power. Let fear power you. | „ |
| ~ Johnny's speech during a press conference, foreshadowing his true nature. |
Jonathan James "Johnny" Worthington III, also known as The Jaw or simply Johnny Worthington III, is the secondary antagonist of the Monsters Inc. franchise.
He started off as the leader of the Roar Omega Roar (RΩR) fraternity during his time at Monsters University. Years later, he had taken on a seemly neutral role inheriting Fear Co. from his father, Johnny Worthington II. However, Johnny's role was actually dark, malicious and selfish, as he had been keeping watch on Tylor Tuskmon the moment he found out that Laugh Power is more efficient than Scream Power, and plotted to turn him against Monsters Inc, and sink his rival company to ensure Fear Co's reign and Laugh Power's disapproval and scorn. He is also Randall Boggs' former schoolmate and second boss, and the arch-nemesis of Mike Wazowski, James P. Sullivan, the Oozma Kappa team and Tylor Tuskmon.
He was voiced by Nathan Fillion, who also played Sterling in Cars 3, Caleb in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gao the Lesser in Jade Empire, Captain Hammer in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, the Monstrous Inmate in Guardians of the Galaxy, Preston Northwest in Gravity Falls, Cornvelious Daniel in Rick and Morty, The Detachable Kid in The Suicide Squad, Karja in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and Headpool in Deadpool & Wolverine.
Personality[]
| “ | Oh, sorry, killer. But, you might want to hang out with someone a little more your speed. (points to Oozma Kappa) They look fun. Go crazy. | „ |
| ~ Johnny to Mike after he asked to join RΩR. |
As the president of RΩR, the premier campus fraternity, Johnny is very selfish and only interested in having the "most elite" Scarers in his fraternity. He invited James P. Sullivan to join because he comes from a family of successful Scarers, but mockingly denies Mike Wazowski and suggests that he join a fraternity that is "his speed".
Johnny clearly cares more about his fraternity's reputation (both grades and academics) when he threatens to kick Sulley out of RΩR if he doesn't beat Mike in the final exam. When Mike and Sulley are both kicked out of the Scaring Program by Dean Hardscrabble, Johnny and his friends leave without saying a word to Sulley.
His rivalry with Mike escalates when, just before the Scare Simulator, Johnny arrogantly tells Mike not to take losing so hard and that "[he] never belonged [in the Scaring Program] anyway." Mike wins the Scare Games due to Sulley's manipulation of the setup, making RΩR humiliated and surprised by his defeat. However, an opportunistic Johnny finds the audacity to invite Sulley back to RΩR, only to be turned down. He didn't have the decency or humility to admit defeat to Mikey and congratulate him, proving that his arrogant attitude remains completely intact.
As by Monsters at Work, when he becomes CEO of Fear Co., he's more malicious and villainous, teaming up with Randall Boggs to frame M.I. for the loss of the energy. Despite this, he has a family of his own which he seemingly cared for, as in one scenario, Worthington had the decency to bring them along for Fear Co.'s baseball match with Monsters, Inc. for quality time bonding. But despite all of this, Johnny doesn't seem to care about the well-being of his own workers nor about the Monstropolis's citizens. For he failed to realize that mixing laugh energy with scare energy could lead to a corporate impact. Which would eventually cause a chain reaction that would affect all of Monstropolis.
He was impressed by Tylor's powerful roar that he revealed his focus on power and other talents that he uses to filter out which monsters he hires to work on Fear Co. According to his wife, Claire Wheeler, he will even hire former members of Monsters Inc. like Rosie Levin, Harley Gerson and Pete Ward who he believed they weren't meant to be jokesters in Monsters Inc.
Sometimes Johnny wasn't too happy and impressed by some of the monsters he hires. As demonstrated with Sulley and Randall, he will make good on kicking out members of his team if they prove detrimental or fail at a key point.
Appearance[]
He's a large and muscular humanoid monster with purple skin, pink eyes, a spiky tail, long devilish horns and two bottom fangs. He wears a red and black business suit.
In his college years, he wore a jacket that represents his fraternity's name, Roar Omega Roar (RΩR in short).
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Quotes[]
Monsters University[]
| “ | Johnny: I'll take it from here, gentlemen. Johnny Worthington, president of Roar Omega Roar. What's your name big blue? Sulley: Jimmy Sullivan, friends call me Sulley. Chet: This guy's a Sullivan? Like the famous Sullivan? I can't believe it! That's crazy! (Laughter). Johnny: Chet, calm down. Chet: I'm sorry. Johnny: Sulley, any Freshman with the guts to pull off a stunt like that has got 'Future Scarer' written all over him |
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| ~ Johnny Worthington III's first words when he introduce himself to Sulley in addition to integrating it into RΩR. |
| “ | Mike: Hey, did you see me ride the pig? That took guts. Chet: Slow down, squirt! This party is for Scare students only! Johnny: Oh, sorry "killer", but you might want to hang out with someone a little more your speed. (He watch Oozma Kappa) Uh... They look fun! Don: Oh,hey there want to join Oozma Kappa. Squishy: We have cake. (A big monster appears and eat the cake. After that a balloon burst and fall in Squishy's face). Johnny: Go crazy. Mike: Is that a joke? Johnny: (Groans) Sulley, talk to your friend. Sulley: Oh, he's not really my friend, but sure. You heard him. This is a party for Scare students. Mike: I am a Scare student. Sulley: I mean for Scare students who actually, you know, have a chance. Johnny, Javier, Reggie and Chip: (Laughing). Chet: Aw, snap! Mike: My chances are just as good as yours. Sulley: You're not even in the same league with me. Mike: Just wait, hotshot. I'm going to scare circles around you this year. Sulley: (Chuckling) Oh, okay. I'd like to see that. Mike: Oh, don't worry. You will. |
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| ~ Mike attempt befriend with Roar Omega Roar, only for being taunted by Johnny Worthington III, also starting Mike and Sulley's rivalry. |
| “ | Mike: A Tauntaun grimace with extra slobber. Randall: You got it!. Mike: That's what I'm saying. Sulley: I am going to wipe the floor with that little know-it-all. Johnny: Yes, you are, big blue.(takes off his jacket) Sulley: Hey, wait. What are you doing... Johnny: It's just a precaution. RORs are the best Scarers on campus, Sullivan. Can't have a member gettig shown up by a beach ball. Mike: Whoo-hoo! I am on a roll. Sulley:I'm going to destroy that guy. Johnny:Well, then you'll get this back right away. It's time to start delivering on that "Sullivan" name. |
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| ~ Johnny Worthington III threatening to kick out Sulley out of his fraternity. |
| “ | Brock: Alright everybody! We're closing down sign-up, so we'll see you all. Mike: Wait! (Johnny with his teammates turn around to hear Mike) I'm signing up! (Crowd Laughing) Johnny: What? |
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| ~ Johnny Worthington III laugh after hearing that Mike want to sing up in the Scare Games. |
| “ | Mike: Anybody else want to join our team? Anyone at all? Randall: Excuse me. Sorry. I'm late. Can I squeeze by you? Mike: Randy! Randy, thank goodnees. I need you on my team. Randall: Oh. Sorry. I'm already on a team. Johnny: Boggs. Randall: I'm finally in with the cool kids, Mike. Don't blow this for me. Johnny: Do the thing. (Randall becomes invisible). Chet: Oh! Where did he go? (All Laugh) |
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| ~ Johnny Worthington III show to his teammates Randall's hability, after Randall reveals to Mike that he joined to RΩR. |
| “ | Chet: Oh, way to blow it, Oozmas! Mike: Hey! Second place ain't bad. Brock: Second place, Jaws Theta Chi! Sulley: What? Johnny: Your whole team has to cross the finish line. |
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| ~ Johnny Worthington III tells to Mike and Sulley that their whole team had to cross the finish line, after Michael and James cross it without the rest of Oozma Kappa. |
| “ | Johnny: Hey, quiet! Quiet! Quiet down, you can-wranglers. All right. On behalf of the Roars. Chet: Yeah! Johnny: We'd Like to Congratulate all the teams that have made it this far. (All Cheerig). All right, let's hear it for the PNKs! PNK: (Hissing) Johnny: I love that trick! Never gets old. HSS! Rosie: (Hissing) Johnny: (Chuckles) Very creepy. And finally, the surprise team of the Scare Games, Oozma Kappa! (All Cheering) Now,I got to admit, fellas, I thought you were a bunch of nobodies. But boy, was I wrong. Let's hear it for Oozma Kappa! CROWD: Oozma Kappa! (Fall paint over the team leaving them in different colors; Mike pink, Sulley purple, Terri & Terry orange, Squishy yellow, Art lightblue, and Don green) Mike: What? Johnny: The most adorable monsters on campus. (Javier pushes a button that activate a cannon; Chip points the cannon at the Oozmas, so that the confetti reaches them; Reggie throw flowers to the team) PNK: (laughing) (Mike watching everybody mocking fun of his teammates and him) JΘX: (laughing) Crowd: (laughing). Johnny: Release the stuffed animals. (Randall release the rope, letting the stuffed animals fall) Chet: (Chuckles) Faced! (Chet takes a photo of Oozma Kappa). |
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| ~ Johnny Worthington III reveals his true colors and evil prank to Mike, Sulley, Terri & Terry, Squishy, Art, and Don. |
| “ | Chet: Thank you very much. Okay. Would you like that with two sleeves or four? Johnny: Thanks. Tell your friends. Mike: Hey! What do you think you're dling? Johnny: Raising a little money for charity. Mike: Yeah? Well,stop it. Johnny:You want us to stop raising money for charity? That's not cool. Chet: This guy hates charity! Mike: I want you to atop making us look like fools. Johnny: Hey, you're making yourselves look like fools. Let's be honest, boys. You're never going to be real Scarers, because real Scarers look like us. Chet: (Laughs mockingly). Johnny: But, hey, if you really want to work for a Scare company. they're always hiring in the mailroom. Crowd: laughing. |
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| ~ Johnny Worthington III reveals to Mike that he bullies Oozma Kappa because arrogantly believes that they never gonna be real scarers, when Wazowski finally standing up to Worthington. |
| “ | Johnny: Enjoy the attention while it lasts, boys. After you lose, no one will remember you. Mike: Maybe. But when you lose, no one will let you forget it. (Johnny falls silent at Mike's words). Chet: Oh, boy. That is a good point. (Johnny hits Chet on the back of the head, knocking his cap off. |
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| ~ Johnny Worthington III mocking of Oozma Kappa before the Scare Games final and Mike standing up to him again,this time shutting up Johnny. |
| “ | Johnny: Hey, Bruiser! You take it easy on grandpa. Reggie: (Laughs Evilly to an uncomfortable Don Carlton) Art: Unleash the beast, Don! |
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| ~ Johnny Worthington III's moking of Don before facing to Reggie. |
| “ | Chet: (Roaring to the animatronic child,making him scream). Johnny: Yes! Reggie: Yeah! Terri & Terry: (Roaring to the animatronic child,making him scream). Oozma Kappa: Celebrating. |
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| ~ Johnny Worthington III celebrating Chet's score,when Chet face Terri & Terry in the simulator. |
| “ | Javier: (Make a hiss scaring the animatronic child). Johnny: Yes! Chip,Randall,Reggie: Celebrating. Chip: Woohoo. |
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| ~ Johnny Worthington III celebrates Javier's score,when Javier face Art in the simulator. |
| “ | Randall: (collides with Johnny) Huh? Johnny: Hearts!? Randall: Huh? Chet: Way to go, Boggs! Oozma Kappa: (Cheering while Randall watch them) Don: Yay! Randall: That's the last time I lose to you, Sullivan. |
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| ~ Johnny Worthington III kicking out Randall of RΩR, after losing against Sulley. |
| “ | Mike: (Exhaling, as Johnny watch him before talking with him). Johnny: Don't take the loss too hard. You never belonged here anyway. |
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| ~ Johnny Worthington III to Mike before enter the simulator. |
| “ | Chet: Hey, there he is! Johnny: Looks like I was wrong about you. You're one of us after all. Chet: Way to go, Sulley! Welcome back, broham! You are one of us now, okay? Anytime you want to come hang out and do whatever, you got a crew. Sulley: (watch Hardscrabble and then the jacket and trophy). Chet: You're a RΩR, buddy! (Sulley runs to Hardscrabble to tell him the truth, and gives Johnny the jacket, meaning he refuses the offer, and the trophy, because he believes that they deserve it more). Johnny: Hey! Where are you going? |
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| ~ Johnny Worthington III's last words after Sulley rejected the idea of come back with RΩR. |
Party Central[]
| “ | Alright! Let's get this party sta-... Where'd everybody go? | „ |
| ~ Johnny Worthington III upon realizing that the everyone and everything from the Roar Omega Roar house was stolen by Oozma Kappa. |
Monsters at Work[]
| “ | Johnny: When I saw you in our Scare Simulator at the C.R.E.E.P. show, I knew I was watching something special. You could be one of the greats. A legend. Tylor: A legend? Well, yeah, I don't know about that. Johnny: Hey, don't be so modest. You know, you remind me a lot of myself when I was your age. Tylor: I do? Johnny: After I graduated Monsters U, my father wanted me to join the family company. I said, "Join FearCo? Ugh". "Dad, that's your thing". But he said, "Scaring is our thing". Tylor: Thank you. I'm... That's enough. Johnny: My father always said, "You can't escape who you are, so just embrace it". Just embrace it. And to this day, I carry a memento around to remember that. Tylor: Whoa! Your dad's rookie card? That's... that's worth a fortune. Johnny: That's why I always keep it right here. It reminds me where I came from. You know, we're a Feartune 500 company now, But I guess I still see FearCo as a little family business. Tylor? Tylor: Oh, uh, family business. We have a hardware store. Johnny: Uh-huh. Do you wanna work in a hardware store, Tylor? Or do you want to be a top Scarer at FearCo? That's why I invited you to dinner. I wanna offer you a job. |
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| ~ Johnny to Tylor. |
| “ | Tylor, welcome to the first day of the rest of your life. | „ |
| ~ Johnny. |
| “ | Johnny: Thank you. Thank you all for coming. We've all seen the news and how our friends at Monsters, Incorporated have had their issues, so we are expediting the unveiling of our Fear Co. scream amplifier that makes screams more powerful than laughs. We'll soon have more power than we know what to do with. And I am very excited to announce that we even have the former scarer turned jokester turned scarer again, Tylor "The Terrible" Tuskmon, joining the Fear Co. family. Look at him over there, huh? Isn't he something, folks? He's great. In fact, I'm promoting him to Vice President of Scaring. Tylor : What? Johnny: Number one on his first day. I haven't seen talent like that since... Well, me. |
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| ~ Johnny. |
| “ | Johnny: It's time my vice president learned the whole truth. You see, I've got somebody on the inside. Tylor : Randall? Johnny: Boggs. Randall: Mission accomplished, boss. |
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| ~ Johnny revealing his true nature to Tylor. |
| “ | Johnny: WHY are you RUINING this? I told you, you can't escape who you are! Tylor: I'm not. I'm embracing it. And you should embrace who you are. A fraud. Johnny: You ungrateful little- I gave you everything. If i am a fraud, then what does that make you? Huh? You're not funny enough to be a Jokester. You're too afraid to be a Scarer. The only thing you're good for is being a pawn! Fritz: He might be a pawn, but he's our pawn. You mess with him, you mess with all of us. Jack: Well, well, well, told you, Jill. Batting a thousand. Johnny: (Gets surrounded by M.E.R.C.) Whoa, whoa, whoa. What is all this? Jill: M.E.R.C.? What are they doing here? Roz: Well, hello, everyone. Johnny: What? Officer 1: You're coming with us. Johnny: Hang on a second, you can't do this to me! Fritz: (Hands M.E.R.C. a taped up Randall) Oh, hey, here's some trash for you. Officer 2: Thanks. Johnny: I am a hero of this community! Roz: Your fraudulent Scream Amplifier scheme says otherwise. We've had someone on the inside too. (Chet reveals himself to be an agent of M.E.R.C. to Johnny) Chet: Well, you should really treat your assistants better. Roz: You forgot one thing Worthington, we're ALWAYS watching. Johnny: This is preposterous! You'll hear from my lawyers. Tylor: Sorry, Looks like Laugh Power IS the future. Johnny: A city full of monsters will never get on board! you can't make kids laugh! You're a joke! YOU'RE A JOKE!! |
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| ~ Johnny's villainous breakdown, as he knocks Tylor down to the floor for revealing his true plans and his defeat and arrested by the Monstropolis Energy Regulatory Commission. |
Trivia[]
- In the prequel film, Johnny Worthington was more of a jerk as he was causing grief for Mike and Sulley. But in the TV series, he became a full-time villain due to his scheme of sabotaging Monsters, Inc. to satisfy his belief of using scream power over laugh power.
- Despite his arrogance, the sets art director Robert Kondo explains that he has something to lose, is afraid of failure, and has a tradition to live up to, implying it's a front to mask his insecurities.
- He is very similar to Sir Miles Axelrod as both are charismatic, corrupted businessmen intent on turning their worlds away from alternative energy. Coincidentally, Monsters at Work originally came out 10 years after the release of Cars 2.
- A major plot hole in the episode, "Powerless", is the fact that Johnny was able to save Randall from the trailer, even though the door that he was banished through was destroyed in the first film. It might be have been possible that Johnny may have a exact replicate of the door at Fear Co. that may have allowed him to enter the trailer and rescue Randall. This may also explain how he has the door that leads to Ben's room.
- He is a foil to Henry J. Waternoose III:
- Both are chairman's that were in charge of companies that dealt with extracting scream power which had been in their families for generations.
- Both Johnny and Waternoose tried to keep their corporations from going under, but their reasons for wanting to do so differentiate.
- Monsters, Inc. was struggling to get more screams because children were not getting scared, so Waternoose tasked Randall Boggs to find a solution to save Monstropolis from the energy crisis. Randall created the scream extractor, a device meant to forcefully extract screams from children, but Waternoose only went along with using it because he thought there was no other choice.
- On the other hand, Johnny wanted to preserve his family legacy after the revelation that children laughs produce energy 10 times as powerful as screams. Coincidentally he also brought Randall onboard to help save Fear Co. saving him after he was banished by Mike and Sulley. He would have Randall sabotage Monsters, Inc. stealing their laugh canisters, framing Tylor, and causing a city wide blackout, in an attempt to ruin their reputation and save Fear Co. from being shut down.
- Both were exposed for their crimes and arrested, coincidentally they ended up being life-sentenced cellmates.
- Both are the thirds with their names in their respective families. Since both Waternoose and Johnny have the III in their names.
- Both became mentor-like figures to their employees: Sulley and Tylor.
- Both have family members that they cared for:
- Waternoose has a son named Henry J. Waternoose IV, who broke ties with his father after learning of the latter's crimes. He even changes his name to Roger Rogers to avoid the scrutiny of being the son of a monster businessman who tried to kidnap children. Roger even confronted his father on the phone to see if the latter was involved with the vandalism at Monsters, Inc., only to learn at the end that Randall is responsible for it, and that Waternoose had nothing to do with it.
- Johnny married Claire Wheeler and had two children with her, showing a sense a faithfulness and duty for his wife and children. However, it remains unknown if Claire knew about Johnny's scheme or not. It's also unknown what happened to her and her children, following Johnny's arrest. Yet, Claire and her kids are pardoned for their involvement due to lack of interest and Claire not wanting her kids to become like their father, as they are aware of Johnny's scheme. However, it might be explained in Season 3.
- Surprisingly, not even Joy supports Johnny anymore, due to what he has done, as she quit her abusive nature and betrayed Fear Co., and joined Monsters Inc for a better life, while being fully aware that the jig is up.
- Comparing the two moral-wise, both are on a very similar level, as Waternoose resorted to kidnapping children and extracting their screams with the scream extractor, (though to be fair he only did it out of desperation to solve the energy crisis of the time), plus he has shown remorse for betraying Sulley and Mike to cover his tracks, which might make him the less evil of the two villains. Whilst Johnny, on the other hand, was willing to sabotage Monsters, Inc. and steal their power of laughter before mixing it with the power of screams, not only to protect his family's legacy, but also to uphold the tradition of monsters scaring children. Also, it never occurred to Johnny that mixing the power of laughter and screaming would be disastrous (as Tylor pointed out), which would have caused a great catastrophe affecting the world of monsters (although, to be fair, he didn't know that either).
- He also serves as a dark parallel to the following characters:
- James P. Sullivan: Both were Roar Omega Roar members who are well-established Scarers, to which they felt proud of what they were as fraternity members. However, once Sulley got transferred from his original fraternity to Oozma Kappa, he gradually starts to humble himself down, where he even befriended fellow OK member, Mike Wazowski. On the other hand, Johnny never knew when to slow down his pride even while he's still part of RΩR, to the point where he dismissed RΩR newcomer Randall Boggs out of humiliation. If Sulley hadn't understood the value of humility as a former Scarer himself, he would've ended up being like Johnny.
- Tylor Tuskmon: Worthington shows what Tylor would have become if he continued to let his scarer ego consume him and prevent him from realizing the harmful effects of scaring children.
- Since he was in his teens during the events of Monsters University, this would technically make him the second Pixar main antagonist to not be an adult (though he is one in Monsters at Work), after Sid Phillips from Toy Story (who is later seen as an adult in Toy Story 3), and is followed by Ercole Visconti from Luca.
External Links[]
- Johnny Worthington III on the Disney Wiki.
- Johnny Worthington III on the Pixar Wiki.
- Johnny Worthington III on the Monsterpedia Wiki.
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